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By: News24Wire 30th September 2015
Sanral's decision to toll highways in the Western Cape has been set aside. The Western Cape High Court ruled in the City of Cape Town's favour on Wednesday when judgment was delivered in the City’s battle against Sanral's decision to toll highways in the province. →

By: News24Wire 18th June 2015
Gauteng residents need to change their mindsets on e-tolling, Roads and Transport MEC Ismail Vadi said on Wednesday. In an interview with News24, Vadi said new highways needed to be built. The question was how this would be done. →

By: Sapa1st December 2014
The City of Cape Town has been granted leave to appeal a court order that in effect seals most documents pertaining to the N1/N2 Winelands Toll Highway project, ahead of a review hearing, it said on Monday. The Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) granted the city's application on Friday, after an... →

By: Sapa17th September 2014
The South African National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) requested a meeting with Gauteng premier David Makhura on e-tolling before he set up a review panel, it said on Wednesday. "Perceptions that we were not prepared to enter into dialogue are therefore unfortunate," SA National Roads Agency... →

By: Sapa2nd September 2014
E-tolling Gauteng's highways has failed and the system falls short of its intentions, the Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance (Outa) said on Tuesday. "This system is falling far short of its intentions and targets," Outa chairperson Wayne Duvenage told public hearings in Midrand on the impact of... →

By: Sapa4th August 2014
An application by Sanral to keep secret certain tolling documentation is set to be heard in a closed session at the high court in Cape Town on Monday. The SA National Roads Agency Limited's application - to ensure that supplementary papers on the proposed N1/N2 Winelands Toll Highway Project not... →

By: Sapa28th July 2014
Unregistered motorists in Gauteng owe the SA National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) over R1-billion in unpaid e-toll accounts, Transport Minister Dipuo Peters said. As of May 31, the unaudited amount owed for more than 90 days was R156 623 567 while R995 362 885 was owed to Sanral in a period of... →

By: Sapa21st July 2014
Transport Minister Dipuo Peters has asked that prosecution of non-paying e-toll users be halted for now. "She's engaged with Sanral to hold back on the prosecution processes that has been spoken about," transport spokesperson Tiyani Rikhotso told Sapa. →

By: Sapa16th July 2014
Transport Minister Dipuo Peters on Tuesday announced a "reprieve" for the users of Gauteng's toll roads. Opening debate in Parliament on her department's budget, she told MPs this was being done "to make it easier for people to comply" with e-tolls. →

By: Sapa23rd May 2014
No decision has been taken to introduce the e-tolling system in KwaZulu-Natal, the transport ministry said on Friday. "Any decision to introduce any form of tolling in any part of the country will be taken in consultation with authorities," said Transport Minister Dipuo Peters in a statement. →

By: Sapa22nd May 2014
Cosatu in Gauteng is worried about the extension of the e-tolling system to KwaZulu-Natal, the trade union federation said on Thursday. It proved that the SA National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) planned to roll-out the system to the entire country, Congress of SA Trade Unions Gauteng secretary... →

By: Sapa14th April 2014
Taxis had no reason to boycott e-tolls because public transport vehicles were exempt from these fees, the South African National Taxi Council (Santaco) said on Monday. "Santaco wishes to distance itself from any statements purported to have been made by the organisation calling for a boycott on... →

By: Sapa13th March 2014
The DA's application to declare the e-tolling legislation unconstitutional and invalid was dismissed by the Western Cape High Court on Thursday. "The application is dismissed. The parties shall bear their own costs," Judge Owen Rogers said in court. →

By: Sapa5th March 2014
The Transport Laws and Related Matters Amendment Act has not made vital and substantial changes to provinces, the Western Cape High Court heard on Wednesday. "The incremental utility of this amendment is extremely small," said David Unterhalter, for the SA National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral). →

By: Sapa20th January 2014
Gauteng motorists not registered for e-tolls should pay their e-toll bills as soon as possible to avoid being charged more, the SA National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) said on Sunday. "...When you do not have an e-tag... and if you do not pay within the stipulated seven days, there is an... →

By: Sapa23rd December 2013
Sanral is misleading the public by saying the failure to pay toll fees is against the law, regardless whether an invoice is issued or not, Justice Project SA (JPSA) said on Monday.
JPSA was responding to a statement the SA National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) made on Sunday. →

By: Sapa3rd December 2013
Expected monthly e-toll tariffs have been exaggerated by critics, Transport Minister Dipuo Peters said on Tuesday. "Expected monthly tariffs payable by light motor vehicles show that about 83 percent will pay not more than R100 a month, and 0.59 percent in the same class will reach the maximum of... →

By: Sapa25th September 2013
Legislation allows Sanral to explore options other than tolling to fund Gauteng's freeways, the Supreme Court of Appeal heard on Wednesday. The South African National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) should, therefore, have kept an open mind on the matter, despite Cabinet approval of electronic... →

By: Sapa12th June 2013
Money collected from e-tolling in Gauteng will not go overseas, the SA National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) said on Wednesday.
"Of course, everyone is now jumping on the political bandwagon that once e-tolling commences, all the collected monies will be going overseas. This is simply not... →

By: Sapa11th June 2013
The Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance (Outa) has raised R2.35-million which will go towards its court challenge to e-tolling on Gauteng's highways, it said on Tuesday.
"Just five days later we are able to announce that over R1.35-million was raised from the public, plus a further R1-million... →

By: Sapa5th June 2013
Outa might have to drop its court challenge to e-tolling on Gauteng's highways if it does not raise an extra R1-million in three weeks, chairman Wayne Duvenage said on Wednesday.
"There is a very real chance if we do not get this money this matter will not be heard," Duvenage said at a press... →

By: Sapa17th May 2013
Sanral's public notice on the Winelands tolling project was unlawful because the national roads agency never took a proper board decision committing to the project, the Western Cape High Court heard on Friday.
Geoff Budlender, for the City of Cape Town, argued that the SA National Roads Agency... →

By: Sapa22nd April 2013
More toll roads have been proposed by the SA National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) at a closed meeting, the DA said on Sunday. "At a [parliamentary] portfolio committee of transport strategic planning session last week, the CEO of Sanral, Nazir Alli, revealed new toll-roads that the entity is... →

By: Sapa28th March 2013
Several Western Cape mayors vowed on Thursday to join the fight against e-tolling in the province. "We, the mayors of the DA-led municipalities of Stellenbosch, Theewaterskloof, Drakenstein, Breede Valley, and the Winelands District want to express our unconditional opposition to Sanral's... →

By: Sapa25th March 2013
An application to halt construction of the N1-N2 Winelands toll highway project in Cape Town will be heard in May, a city official said on Monday. Transport and roads mayoral committee member Brett Herron said the urgent interdict application had been set down for May 16 and 17 in the Western... →

By: Sapa22nd January 2013
The High Court in Pretoria will hear an application to appeal against e-tolling on Friday, the Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance (Outa) said. "Outa remains committed to this case, which largely seeks to protect citizen's constitutional rights, along with challenging the onerous, expensive,... →

By: Sapa9th January 2013
The Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance has filed its appeal against e-tolls in the Pretoria High Court, the organisation said on Wednesday. Outa chairman Musa Strachan said the application for leave to appeal was filed in court on Tuesday. →

By: Sapa13th December 2012
Gauteng road users have been urged to not buy e-tags after the High Court in Pretoria on Thursday dismissed an application to scrap e-tolls. "Don't register! Don't buy e-tags!" the Congress of South African Trade Unions said in a statement. →

By: Sapa27th November 2012
The public outcry against the tolling of Gauteng's highways was related to the tariffs, the High Court in Pretoria heard on Tuesday. "I think we should make it clear that the public outcry is not because of tolls but the tariffs," Vincent Maleka, senior council for the transport department said. →

By: Sapa7th November 2012
E-tags bought for Gauteng freeways will soon be valid at toll plazas across the country, the SA National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) said on Wednesday. "We want to use this technology at the very toll system that we... [presently] have. There is a roll-out programme within the existing... →

By: Sapa20th July 2012
The best possible solutions needed to be explored for the implementation of the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project (GFIP), Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe said in Johannesburg on Friday. "There should be no overburdening of poor people with added cost," Motlanthe said in opening remarks at a... →

By: Sapa7th May 2012
The SA National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) must disclose the names of all 33 sub-contractors involved in the collection of e-tolls on Gauteng highways, the DA said on Sunday.
"This is after disturbing reports [on Sunday] about African National Congress links to companies that will benefit... →

By: Sapa4th May 2012
Decisions taken on the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project (GFIP) will have implications for how future infrastructure projects are financed, Minister Collins Chabane said on Friday.
It was necessary to guard against decisions and actions that might impact negatively "on our track record in the... →

By: Sapa3rd May 2012
The SA National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) is still studying a ruling by the High Court in Pretoria which brought the Gauteng e-tolling project to a halt, it said on Wednesday.
"Sanral, together with the department of transport, has noted the judgment handed down by the North Gauteng [High]... →

By: Sapa27th April 2012
Government needs to cancel the toll collection contract with the Electronic Toll Collection (ETC) Consortium, the Democratic Alliance said on Friday.
"This is the only way to escape the exorbitant and unworkable e-toll system that has caused so much protest in Gauteng," said DA spokesman Jack... →

By: Sapa26th April 2012
A bid to stop e-tolling made headway on Wednesday when the High Court in Pretoria ruled the application was urgent. Judge Bill Prinsloo agreed with the applicants, the Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance (Outa), saying: "The widespread public interest and the protesting... should persuade me to... →

By: Sapa23rd March 2012
A court application was filed on Friday to stop tolling in Gauteng, the Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance (Outa) said.
"It is a sad day when a nation's government develops a tense and threatening relationship with its people, when trying to force an unjust and unpopular decision into being,"... →